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Thirty universities subject to ‘enhanced monitoring’ on admissions by English regulator

Joi Ito alleged to have made extensive efforts to hide millions of dollars donated by sexual abuser

Average remuneration hits A$982,900 (£543,800), Times Higher Education analysis shows

Domestic students benefit for now as foreign classmates cancel out provincial budget cuts

Case president says vice-chancellors must provide strong support for philanthropy

Other universities could face protests if they do not address racial disparities, says campaigner

Widening chasm between sciences and humanities scholarship not found in other countries

Kevin O’Gorman due to be sentenced on 18 September

University to pay $4.5 million (£3.7 million) and pursue further actions against culpable officials

Wealthier institutions urged to take lead on improving minority representation

Science’s decision sparks debate about how journals should respond to concerns about reproducibility

Decline in female representation reported at four in 10 institutions covered by study

Chinese students’ misunderstanding of their host society thwarts their efforts to integrate in Australia, says academic

Former PM’s institute and Nobel laureate’s university team up to explore gender bias in leadership

Prime minister’s brother cites ‘unresolvable tension’ between ‘family loyalty and the national interest’

European Union nationals to be limited to three years in UK if country crashes out of bloc

Nearly 80 institutions nominated across 23 categories in bigger-than-ever sector celebration

Times Higher Education analysis shows heads of institutions last longer in US than in UK or Australia

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Analysis of the backgrounds of leaders in the world top 400 reveals turnover is high but diversity low among presidents and vice-chancellors

Tributes paid to a ‘philosopher’s philosopher’ 

The historian on what we can learn from the study of the past, how different nations view their heritage, and whether capitalism is here to stay

Teachers can use the reading list to help students understand the process of learning, writes Richard Steadman-Jones

Harvard tops student-focused ranking for fourth consecutive year

Analysis suggests as many as half of the main influencers of depression and anxiety have their roots in the student-supervisor dynamic

Chancellor’s omission of any mention of post-18 review cements impression that plans for fee cut are dead

Average members set to get £18,200 a year in retirement under latest changes, compared with £23,800 under pre-2011 scheme

Financially troubled institution suggests senior faculty vulnerable

UK’s exit removes a ‘powerful brake’ against extreme ideas at a time of increased lobbying, say experts 

Committee hears claim that director of research centre lost job in row over funding from foreign state

Students schedule their own classes in protest theory, political history and martial arts

Universities minister ‘needs to come out and say what he thinks’, says one vice-chancellor

Institutions without place on Office for Students’ list unable to confirm loan eligibility for new recruits

Victoria University will also implement model for vocational qualifications, after success at undergraduate level

Institutions largely silent over how they allowed their researchers to take financier's funding, despite his interest in eugenics and 2008 sex conviction

Australian reviewer suggests quality and scale of scholarly output should be key factor in deciding classification

Universities report winning more conciliatory terms on open access question in their own negotiations with publisher

New strategy advocates a hybrid version of demand-driven funding, but acknowledges it is a long-term proposition

Number of sabbatical officers cut from 19 to seven, and permanent workforce halved, in response to £3 million deficit

UUK proposal calls for next month’s ballot to be cancelled in return for a 0.5 per cent increase in employer contributions to Universities Superannuation Scheme

Avondale’s elevation secured on the day reviewer says category should be scrapped

With no good data, continental European universities cannot monitor if widening access policies are working

Women paid significantly less than men even when they are in the same role, conference hears

UNSW Sydney leader Ian Jacobs says Australia’s proposed free speech code could prove counterproductive

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Universities need to be able to support the needs of overseas learners, but should not regard them as being completely different from domestic recruits, say experts

Tributes paid to tireless independent scholar who wrote two outspoken memoirs as well as some classic studies of the history of science

The author of Merchants of Doubt on dealing with climate change deniers, pursuing your passions and the importance of a walk outside, preferably with a dog

Professor warns scholars’ sense of disempowerment could ‘come to be reflected in the academic product’

Former UCL students complain about ‘Eurocentric’ curriculum

Exclusive survey of student voting intentions for Times Higher Education suggests party is suffering from Brexit stance, mirroring national picture

Union says move will limit MPs’ ability to scrutinise impact of government’s no-deal Brexit plans on higher education

Andrew Rhodes says he was called a ‘psychopath’ and blamed for the death of a colleague

Palestinian applicant says he has not commented on politics himself

Revised College Board tool to provide multiple data points on students’ socioeconomic status

But Australian assessor says most growth will be outside universities, and opens door to new category of institution

Every below-average neighbourhood should be defined as socioeconomically disadvantaged, conference hears

Kremlin action follows US reluctance to work with China, and comes as Moscow moves closer to Beijing

Union leader calls for Michael Arthur’s successor to rethink institution’s direction

Mounting evidence of favouritism towards white male instructors doesn’t dissuade universities